AI Product Manager · Builder

I like
making things.

AI products at Microsoft by day. Nights and weekends, I build apps I wish existed. Some go somewhere, some don't.

Now
Microsoft AI · Advertising
Also
US Navy Reserve, Officer
Before
Startups · FX Trading
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>7 things, so far
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Things I've built

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SiteHound.ai

LLMLead GenMunicipal Data

LLM-powered lead generation that extracts early construction signals from municipal data, so subcontractors find opportunities before permits are issued.

Piloting

Quarterdeck

PDF417Offline-FirstExpo

Takes military accountability by scanning the barcode on a DoD Common Access Card, entirely on-device, with no network calls and only the fields accountability actually needs.

Live

Pronto Commute

iOSTransitGTFS

Commuter rail for the New York metro: live Metro-North, LIRR and NJ Transit tracking, a Home Screen widget, and a fare calculator that settles monthly pass versus one-ways.

Live

BlackBook

PWAConsumerNext.js

A fully private personal ledger for your romantic life: relationships, interactions, a stats dashboard and map, with privacy baked into the architecture.

Live

GuestGaze

AIAmbientHospitality

An ambient display for Airbnb guests that turns weather, sky imagery and local data into a narrative daily experience.

Built

ScoopLater

Mobile AppConsumerClaude Code

Dog owners track and coordinate cleanup across multiple caregivers. Built end-to-end with Claude Code.

Live

RollerScrew Constructor

OpenSCADCADManufacturing

Parametric CAD generation for machine shops that automates the design of planetary roller screw components from a web interface.

Built

How I got here

I'm Tony, a product manager who grew up in Sleepy Hollow, NY (yes, that one) that can't stop building things.

I've been taking things apart, figuring out how they work, and building my own for as long as I can remember. Professionally, though, I took a detour: eight years trading FX options at a bank.

I loved it. To me, the currency market was a giant, constantly moving puzzle about whether countries could solve their problems, and every trade was a bet on the answer. You formed a view, put money behind it, and found out pretty quickly whether you were right.

But on nights and weekends, I kept building. Eventually, I decided to make it my full-time job.

Today I'm a PM at Microsoft Advertising, where I work on turning new signups into successful advertisers, from onboarding and incentives to the notifications that help them along the way. Before that, I worked on Microsoft Advertising Editor, the desktop app our largest advertisers use to manage campaigns at scale.

After hours, I'm building more than ever. AI hasn't just made it faster to turn ideas into products; it's opened up a whole new universe of problems I can understand, explore, and build for.

The thread through all of it is pretty simple: I like figuring out how things work, identifying problems, and building solutions. That curiosity has taken me from trading floors to startups to Microsoft, and a few other places along the way: an MBA from NYU, a master's from Columbia, a commission as an officer in the Navy Reserve, and the Ironman start line.

If you're hiring, building something interesting, wrestling with a hard problem, or just want to talk about what's coming next, let's chat.

Starting from scratch Prototyping with LLMs Making complicated things simple Learning by building

Experience

2026 – Present
Founder Astro Signal LLC

The home for my side projects: consumer apps across transit, housing and sustainable living. Publisher of Pronto Commute.

2022 – Present
Product Manager, Microsoft AI Microsoft Advertising

Working on AI features for Microsoft's advertising platform.

2022 – Present
Naval Officer United States Navy Reserve

Commissioned Reserve officer. A very different kind of team than tech, and a good reminder that most problems aren't software problems.

2014 – 2019
Co-Founder Oak Street Ventures

Built two consumer products for renters and students with my co-founders. We grew them mostly by word of mouth, and eventually sold the business.

2013 – 2021
Associate, Currency Option Trading MUFG Union Bank

G-10 currency options trader, then product owner for the desk's electronic FX option trading platform and lifecycle management tools.

2009 – 2013
Project Manager Cisco Systems

Delivered enterprise infrastructure across networking, VoIP and video for Fortune 500 clients.

Let's connect

Always up for a good problem.

If you're hiring, building something interesting, wrestling with a hard problem, or just want to talk about what's coming next, let's chat.